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Figure 2 Angiography shows a right coronary artery with an aneurysm. Intravascular ultrasound revealed a plaque rupture with a lipid core/crater(double-headed arrow), site of rupture (arrow #2), and thrombus (arrow #1), but no residual fibrous cap. Image slices are 1.5 mm apart.
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